Favorite 1990's comic book cliches

[terry78]

This time period was somewhat of a renaissance for comics, some good, some bad. Many artists and writers came up during this time, but not always for the better. Some of my favorite cliches from this time are:

The overexaggerated tits -

http://www.gamertagpics.com/messages/Klunkk/lady-death.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/1614/CF22.GIF

This was a staple of the 1990's comic scene.

Characters that were basically named and looked like giant death machines -

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/w/warblade.jpg
http://www.comichole.com/img/items/114919837584522600.jpg

They just look like pain, don't they?

[Kaboom]

thirty big honkin guns strapped to your back

[Kaboom]

but dont mess with fairchild shes rockn

[Mr Sparkle]

Characters that were basically named and looked like giant death machines



Yeah, that was pretty common. I liked the "grim and gritty"phase where every single character had a "dark"and horrible past. not a single one of these cats ever came from good homes, If they where rich, daddy didn't love them, éveryone had some sort of "they took everything from me, even those moits towellettes I used to clean my forehead...and now....someone has to PAY!!!"
mentality.
amusing as it was, it got old realllly quick.

[Andy C.]

Unnecessary and never-even-used costume accessories, namely bandoliers and pouches. Not to mention the total disregard for human anatomy when it came to the size of one's shoulders.

http://www.uncannyxmen.net/covers/cable/cable1.jpg

And the funny thing is that now, video games have fallen into the same trend as comics did ten years ago. Compare these guys:

http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=2787592&article_id=614893&channel_id=261&page_title=Gears+of+War+Xbox+360+Shots&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Dve3d%26pagetype%3D mediaimgfat%26pagetype%3Dmediaimgfat&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fve3d.i

To these guys:

http://www.uncannyxmen.net/covers/mini/cablemini1.jpg

And tell me they're not the same damn thing.

[Mr Sparkle]

And the funny thing is that now, video games have fallen into the same trend as comics did ten years ago. Compare these guys:



yeah, I saw that "gears of war"dude, and I was like "he looks a lot like Deathblow"

[Max J Power]

People always have clenched fists on covers. I blame Rob Liefield.

[Kevin]

"They just look like pain, don't they?" I like that phrase.

[Elijya]

Pouches!

[Mee]

I'm proud to say I still have some 90's glow-in-the-dark covers. :up:

[PyroChamber]

Characters with spandex and form fitting uniforms wearing bulky jackets over them (Rogue and Gambit).

[The Question]

Trenchcoats. Everyone had trenchcoats. Funny thing is, that's the one 90s cliche that I like and fall into myself. Whenever I'm thinking up a new character, odds are they'll be wearing some kind of trenchcoat in my head.

[souloffire]

I think the 1990's was comics worst decade.

[The Question]

I think the 1990's was comics worst decade.

It averaged out. While the 90s gave of Liefeld and that crap, it also gave us:


http://www.wildpigcomics.com/images/picks/preacher.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Sandman_no.1_%28Modern_Age%29.comiccover.jpg/392px-Sandman_no.1_%28Modern_Age%29.comiccover.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Sandman_no.1_%28Modern_Age%29.comiccover.jpg)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1563895684.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Icon.jpg

http://www.hillcity-comics.com/graphic_novels/marvel/marvels.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Absolutekingdom.jpg

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n7/n35779.jpg

[Elijya]

I think the 1990's was comics worst decade.
I think I'll let The Question speak for me on this matter

the early 90's mainstream sucked. There were excellent books that just didnt' sell 8 million copies and appear on the cover of Wizard every month that were also coming out

[Anubis]

I'd also like to add James Robinson's Starman and Golden Age to that list of kickass s**t to come out of the 90's.

[terry78]

Though this goes in with exaggerated tits, the concept of the "bad girl" originated during this time frame as well. Not a whole lot of them currently in comics, but they still exist.
http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/feb00/images/0200/bb_0200_1.jpg
http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/mar00/images/0300/sydney_1.jpg
http://www.sequentialtart.com/images/1001/bb_1001_04.jpg
http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/may01/images/0501/bb0501_02.jpg
http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/mar01/images/0301/bb0301_01_large.jpg
http://www.sequentialtart.com/images/0801/bb_0801_3.jpg

[Prognosticator]

**Reaches out with both hands in a daze**

Wow! :wow: :wow: Exaggerated Tits are definitely my favorite cliche of the 90s.

[souloffire]

I think I'll let The Question speak for me on this matter

the early 90's mainstream sucked. There were excellent books that just didnt' sell 8 million copies and appear on the cover of Wizard every month that were also coming outYeah, I was mainly talking about mainstream superhero titles from Marvel, Dc and Image. Especially Image.

[terry78]

Basically you bought Image Comics during that time if you were just angry, or you wanted to jerk off. Everything about them was just so aggressive. I didn't think it was possible for art to be angry, but there you go.

[Elijya]

there were a handful of gems, notably the oft-cited MAXX by Sam Keith, and highly underrated and all but forgotten Shaman's Tears by Mike Grell

[souloffire]

there were a handful of gems, notably the oft-cited MAXX by Sam Keith, and highly underrated and all but forgotten Shaman's Tears by Mike Grell
I enjoyed Grell's Green Arrow run.

[The Hero]

Pupilless eyes. Every uber-kewl character had to have them.